Nut-lock



A. HAGKMAN & G. W.. TINSLEY. f Nui-L0 ck.

N0 225,121. Patented Mar. 2, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

NUT-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 225,121, dated March 2,1880. Application filed December 3, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, AMANDES HAOKMAN andGEORGE W. TINSLEY, of Blakesburg, in the county of Wapello and State ofIowa, have invented a new and Improved Nut-Lock, of Which the followingis a specification.

Figure l is a vertical elevation, partly in section, of the bolt andnut. Fig. 2 is an endlocking devices in which unusual shape is given toboth nut and bolt.

The invention consists of a bolt having a longitudinal groove cut acrossits screw-threads, in combination with a nut having a thin raisedannular collar or flange, that fits about the bolt and may be pressedinto the groove of the bolt for the purpose of locking.

In the drawings, A represents the screw- .bolt, having the groove to cutin it across its screw-threads. B is a nut, having a thin raised collaror flange, b, that fits closely about the said bolt A. The nut B islocked or secured on the bolt A by bending the collar or flange 1) intothe groove a, and the nut may be loosened at any time by bending theflange or 001- lar I) out of the said groove a. This nut B can bemanufactured and sold to be used on any screw-bolt, a simple depressionmade in the AMANDES HAGKMAN AND GEORGE W. TINSLEY, or BLAKESBURG, IOWA.

screw of a bolt being sufficient for locking the collar b into.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. As an improved article of manufacture, thenut B, constructed as herein described, with an annular yielding collar01' flange, b, substantially as herein shown, which collar may bepressed into a groove or depression on ascrew-bolt for the purpose oflocking the nut.

2. In combination with a screw bolt, A, provided with a groove ordepression, a, on its screw-thread, a screw-nut, B, having a yieldingcollar or flange, b, substantially as herein shown and described.

AMANDES HAOKMAN. GEORGE W. TINSLEY. Witnesses:

WM. FRITZ, OHARLEs G. WINN.

